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l 2 Sheets-#Sh'e'e'l W. J. P. LIDDELL. l

BALING PRESS. f

l 10.381,263. Patented Aplsl?, 1883A.

' UNITED STATES- PATENT Omen.;(15)

WALTER J. n. LIDDELL, on CHARLOTTE, NORTH cAnoLrNA, Assieme, 10F ONE-HALF TO WALTER s. :LIDDELnx on SAME Jenner., 1 Y

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l Application filed December-.13, 188i. Serial-o.257,799. (No'model.)

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WALTER J. F. LIDDELL, of Charlotte, County of Mecklenbu-rg, and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and. useful yImprovement in Ealing-Presses, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specifif cation.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined tramper and press for packing and baling cotton, hay, Sto.; and it consists in the inafter described, of an inner sliding frame carrying the press-platen or tramper,a steamcylinder located above theframe, and a piston-rod interposed between thepiston of said cylinder and the platen, for actuating the lat-y ter; in, a bellshaped presschamber composed of walls or doors serrated or ratcheted ont-heir inner faces and divergingkd`ownward,'whereby.

the area of the bottom orv base of said presschamber is greater than the entrance or top thereof; also,in the combination with the'doors lof the press-chamber, of'weightand pulley attachments. for counterbalancing the Weight thereof when open; in adjustable clamps for Y lholding the press-chamber doorsclosed during the process of tramping and baling, ad#

.- 3o justable bars for ,engaging said clamps, and

means' for operating said bars for releasing the clamps; in rthe combination, with lthe main frame,of the extendedend boards and pivoted tached detail views of the adjustable clampholding bar;r and Fig. 5, a view of one end ofv the crank-shaft and slotted crank for operating one of the adjustable clamp-holding bars, l and of the detachable lever for operating said crank-shaft. Fig. 6 shows a modification in the form ofthe clamps. f'

Referring to -the drawings, vA A Y.represent the base of my improved combined tram/per and baling-press. s

A A indicate the :four upright corner. tim? bers of the frame, andA2 the upper cross-barsV connecting thecorner posts or timbers. The

corner-posts are further connected and braced Y f by means of bolts or rods a a, and bars @and 'the cross-tirnbers A2 areheld in placeand secured by means of rods a a,which are let into the, inne'r faces of the corner-posts A', recessed to receive them. f

A3 represents the slatted press-bed, upon.A which the cotton, hay,or 'other material isdef f posited Vpreparatory to tramp'ing the same.

B BB. B designate the walls and at .the4 same time the doors of the press-chamber. *f-'lhese walls or doors are,4 by preference, .composed of slatsb, cut out .or recessed on their adjacent edges' or faces, as shownat b', for the purpose of allowing the escape of air between the same duringthe process of. tramping and baling.

At their upper and lower edges these slats lie f with their contiguous or adjacent faces in contact or in close proximity with each other, and v are united by one or more iron bars or cleats, b2., The slats b are further provided ori-their inner faces with teeth, seri-ations, or'ratehet-y faces, as shown in Figs. 1 and2,l for-a purpose v Y f hereinafter .set forth.

f The doors y.B and B are kpivoted-at their lower ends within the mainframe by means'of thebars or cleats C,which have j ournalsformed Yon their ends working in boXesC', attached to themain frame, or in any suitable' manner. The doors BandgB are each-constructed in` such manner that they are Wider attheir blot#` tom edge than at the top, and thus arefmade tached at their lower ends to the platenD and v connected at their `upper ends .by the .cross-v f y timbers D2 andDa, all together` forming a'frazme" which slides inside of or. within the main frame, above described, and guides the platen D.

E designates a steam-cylinder, which is located above or upon the main frame, to which it is secured by means of a large flange, E', on the steam-cylinder extending (preferably) beneat-h the upper cross-bars, A2, of the main frame and secured thereto by bolts e e,passin'g through said flange E and cross-bars. If preferred, said ange may rest upon the crossbars A? instead of beneath the same, lbut the arrangement shown is preferred as best adapted to take thestrain upon the cylinder and frame.

lill2 designates the piston-rod or plunger, which is preferably of large diameter, and is connected at its lower extremity to the pressplaten D, above described. -Said plunger o r piston-rod enters the steam-cylinder through a perforation in the lower head thereof, and is provided on its upper end with a piston working within the cylinder in the usual manner.

F represents a steam-chest of any usual con-V from the steam-chest F into pipe f* and thence bearings y, staple-bolts g are employed, sur-y to the upper end of the cylinder, thereby depressing the piston and moving the plungerv through the pipe f f and out of the top of the' cylinder through pipe f By this arrangement it will be` seen that the movement of the piston and plunger may be easily reversed for moving the press-platen up or down, as may be required.

The inner sliding frame, D D2 Da, above described, is so proportioned and constructed that the cross-bars D2 thereof slide in contact with the surface of the cylinder E, and by this arrangement said frame is steadied and guided in its movements. y

G G are clamps or latches located on the corner-posts A', as shown, journaled in bearings g,attached to said corner-posts.A To provide for the great strain that is put upon these rounding the same and passing throughv the eornerposts A', on the other side of which they are provided with nuts for holding them securely in place. Whenthe presschamber doors are closed, the longer arms of thesey clamps G are rocked upward, bringing the shortarms g thereof to bear against the outer faces of battens C,'secured to the doors B upon their outside and faced with iron plates.

When the clamps are thus adjusted, the long arms thereof are engaged at their extremities by a horizontal bar, H, suspended from the main frame by slotted pivoted linkshh,which allow said bar to swing and be lifted, for a purpose to be described.

thereof, against which the long arms of the door-clamps rest, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. rlhe bar H is preferably made double or composed of two parallel plates or bars (shown best in Fig. 4) secured together by bolts or rivets a, space being left between said plates for the reception of the ends of the 'door clamps G. K

I represents a sha-ft extending across the front side of the main frame of the press, and provided at each end with a crank-arm, i, and wrist-pin t', resting into contact-,or nearly so, with the lower face of the clamp-holding bar H. The crank 1S is slotted, as shown at i', Fig. 5, for the reception of a lever, J. This lever has an enlarged head, j, for preventing it from passing entirely through said slat when inserted therein.

,When by means of the lever J the crankshaft I is rocked, the wrist-pin i acts upon and lifts the forward ends of the hars H, thereby releasing the clamps G on the frontside ofthe press; The moment these are released the other clamps on the rear side of the press exert their force on the bars H, which immediately swing upon their pivotal supporting- Said bar is ,provided with pins h' h', one at or near each end IOO links and allow said clamps to clear themselves and fall. Stops y limit the downward movement of the clamps G. In this manner the doors B B are simultaneously released, and are thrown open by the force exerted upon them bythe material which has been compressed inthe press-chamber. The battens C are notched, as indicated at c, to allow the same to pass by the short arms of the clampsG.

The doors B B are held in their closed position by means of fingers or L-shaped plates c ou the doors B B, which engage the. extendedends of the plates or cleats b on said doors B B. It will thus be scen that all the doors of the press-chamber will be simultaneously released and thrown open. when the cranky-shaft I is operated by lever J. p l

To prevent injury to the doors of the presschamber when thus thrown open, I employin connection with each a weight, K, and rope L, running over pulley K'V on the main frame and attached to the door, as shown,which prevents thel door from falling violently on the ground or floor.4 v l n, y

M M designate the end boards of the receiving chamber, extended beyond the cornerpos'ts A of the main frame, and provided with stops m for limiting the outward and downward movement of two doors, N, pivoted between said end boards, as shown. The doors N when closed are held by means of pivoted blocks or short levers n n, as shown in Fig. 1. The operation of the press, concisely stated, is as follows: The lower press-chamber doors IIO rrf,

. ing-*chamber is opened for allowing the mate?` j 3811.263 L y. I n 3,:-

are first closedandlocked insuch position by means of the clamps described. These clamps. arel adjusted relatively to the clamp-holding bars, so that the upper ends of their long arms areengaged'thereby, whereby the clamps are all Vlocked and held by said bars during vthe Y process of tramping'and baling. The. press-X doors bein'g-closedand locked the valve-oper ating lever is moved in the proper direction for admitting steam to the lower end of the cylinder, and the platen is thus raised to its highest limit. and one (or both) of the doorsY of the receivrial to be fed to thepress beneath the platen.

When a sufficient quantity of material has.

beenfed to the press, the receiving-doors are closed and'locked by means of the blocks or short levers above described, the valve-lever.

is moved, and the platen descends, compressing thejmaterial in 'the presschamber. By means of the diverging ratchetfaced walls of the press-chamber the cotton'y or other material when compressed tightly therein will bey caught and held by thev projecting ratchet faces or teeth of said walls, and thus prevented from rising or expandingagain when the, Y platen moves upward. The platen is `now raised again and a new supply of material is introduced, when thefplaten'again descends, as before. -This operation of tramping is repeated and continued until the desired weight f of material has beenfed to the press-when crank-shaftis then operated, lifting the clamp-N f moved from the press.

the platen descends fory the last time and holds.'

the said material in a compressed state. The

holding bar and releasing all the clamps and 'doors simultaneously. The doors being thrown open the balebands are applied' to the cotton or other material in the usual manner, the platen is caused to ascend, `and the bale re# I do not wish tofbelimited to the eXact arrangement ofthe clamps G described,as itwill be apparent that the same may be reversed.-

In other words,the clamps may be constructed as shownin Eig. 6, with-the short arms g4 extended on the same side/of the pivot or shaft of the clamp as thelong arms, in which case the long arms of the clamps will swingout- Award instead of inward, andconsequently the stops of the clamp -holding bar will vbe arrthe platen, a steam-cylinderlocated upon said Here it is allowed to remain,

said cylinder and Vguiding the press-platen,

and a'suitable valve and connections for adclosed, bars for engaging said'clamp s',yand lacrank-shaft for operating said barsfor releas-i` thesame from swinging outward.

Patent, ,is-' Y ,1. The eombiuauomwith te'main flame,

of rva sliding frame connected with and guiding main frame for.. actuating the platenand also serving as a guide or means for steadyingthe movements of said sliding frame, substantially as described. .4 y .Y v

. 2. The fcombination, with the main' frame,

of aV steam-cylinder located above said frame, an inner framesurrounding and sliding upon mitting steam to said cylinder Ato drivethe piston thereof in either direction, for the purpose and substantially asdescribed. a

v3. Apress-chamber door composed of ser- 'i I i e 75` cessed-.or cut out for a portion of their length, j. substantially as and `for the purpose described. r

rated vslats having `their adjacent faces re- 4. A press-,chamber the side wallsl of which are .hinged at their bases to the frame of the press and each composed of serrated slats pro- 5. The doors of the press-chamber, in co'mj bina'tion with clamps forholding said doors ing the clamps, substantially asdescribed. 6. The .hinged doors ofa press-chamber, in combination with pivoted clamps for holding said doors closed, and a pivoted clamp-gholdf-.go ing bar by which said clamps are heldt'o'their work and'released when desired,substantially` as described. 1

Q 7. The combination, with the doors of a press,

of pivoted clamps, a olampholding,bar,1and a 95 crankshaft providedwith a lever for actuatf ing it and thereby operating the clampholder bar, substantially as described. Y

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto setniy' 1 hand this 13th day of December, A. ',D.1l887.

e, o W. J. Ii..rLlDDELL`` Witnesses; y. n Y v "a ,'RELSMITH, *"1

APPLETON P: CLARK. 4 p Y 8o vided on their adjacentfaces with recesses, for the purposeand substantially as described. ,i 

